Citigo and Octavia Estate Shine as CarBuyer names its top cars of 2015

Skoda Octavia and Citigo Estate shines as CarBuyer names its top cars of 2015

The ŠKODA Citigo and Octavia Estate have secured yet more silverware
courtesy of car review website CarBuyer. The online giant handed the
Best First Car award to the Citigo and bestowed the honour of Best
Tax-Exempt Car on the Octavia Estate.

In a change to previous years, the CarBuyer judges looked at some of the most requested searches on its site, and chose these as the categories. Having won a number of CarBuyer awards in the past for its best in class models, ŠKODA also triumphed under the new procedure – reinforcing their overall appeal with buyers.

Commenting on the Citigo's award for Best First Car, CarBuyer Editor Stuart Milne said: “The Citigo is fun, sophisticated and cheap to buy and run. In the closely fought small-car market ŠKODA's reputation for great customer service sets it apart."

As many newly-qualified drivers have already discovered, the Citigo's intuitive controls, great visibility and compact dimensions make it the ideal car for first-timers. To highlight this, ŠKODA is a partner in the Young Driver programme – a scheme that provides driving lessons for children aged 11 to 17. With access to a fleet of Citigos, The Young Driver programme uses 30 specially designed training facilities across the country to give the next generation of drivers the best possible start to their driving careers. To date, more than 100,000 lessons have been delivered by instructors.

At the other end of the size scale, CarBuyer also judged the Octavia Estate to be its Best Tax-Exempt Car, with Editor Stuart Milne saying: “The Octavia Estate is a big car with a massive boot, which makes it all the more incredible that some versions emit so little CO2 that they're free to tax."

A total of six models in the Octavia Estate range have CO2 outputs low
enough (Band A – up to 100g/km) under to qualify for zero rated car tax.
This includes the generously equipped Octavia SE Business GreenLine III
(£21,170) that features Amundsen satellite navigation, acoustic parking
sensors and alloy wheels.

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